‘I have not contacted Rajan for many months’

The underworld is considered a one-way street. But if fugitive don Chhota Rajan’s alleged right hand man D.K. Rao (37) is to be believed, he has “cut himself off” from the crime world. Rao, accused of masterminding the killing of gangster O.P. Singh from inside the Arthur Road jail, was released on bail about two weeks ago. He spoke to Hindustan Times about the 10 years he spent inside jail and his future plans. Excerpts:

You are out of the jail after 10 years, what do you plan to do now?

Ten years is a long time. I have been away from my family and my son. I now want to devote my time to the service of society. I am planning to open a yoga centre that would be registered with Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth. I am also planning to open a free legal aid centre for poor people.